BWShttp://www.bwsailing.com^31port and jumping off point for
exploring the eastern Caribbean
for the winter season and perhaps
you should too. You won’t be dis-
appointed.
The author has kept a blog of their
travels for over a decade with regu-
lar updates of places that they have
visited including a number of seasons
in the Bahamas, extensive travels on
the Intracoastal Waterway and two
months exploring the south coast of
Cuba in March and April of 2016.
See BWS September 2016 for Cruis-
ing Cuba: A First Timer’s Perspec-
tive as well as BWS September 2017
Into the Leeward Isles for articles
about these destinations.
RESOURCES:
Local information on Antigua and Barbuda.
http://www.antigua-barbuda.org/
Antigua Marine Trade Association portal:
http://www.antiguanice.com
Weather routing: Chris Parker’s Marine Weather Center,
the first choice of cruisers in the Caribbean.
http://www.mwxc.com
Salty Dawg Rally to the Caribbean: The Largest rally
to the Caribbean from the U.S.
http://www.saltydawgsailing.com
Cruising guides to the Caribbean: Chris Doyle has
a series of excellent guides.
http://www.doyleguides.com
Navigation guides: NV Charts and cruising guides
are very accurate and available in print and electronically.
us.nvcharts.com/Tobago Cays, Grenadines;
inset, junior sailing on Bequia